The Punjab University (PU) Town-3 Management Committee once again failed to open the sale and purchase of residential plot files or announce a date for balloting, despite commitments made in its previous General Body meeting.
The housing project, launched in September 2016, remains incomplete even after nine years due to litigation and corruption inquiries worth billions of rupees. At the General Body meeting held on August 5, 2025, the committee had assured members that the sale and purchase of files would begin in the following meeting scheduled for September 16, later moved to September 19. However, Friday’s meeting only set a new date of October 10, 2025, for the opening of file transactions. The committee further announced that the long-awaited balloting would take place within the next three to nine months.
A source present at the meeting expressed surprise over the absence of the private developer’s representative. Meanwhile, PU Town-3 Association President Dr. Khurram Shahzad expressed deep dissatisfaction, accusing the committee of making “false promises” and condemning its refusal to allow a question-and-answer session. He urged the Vice Chancellor to intervene and ensure the publication of the project’s audit report.
Adding to the pressure, members of the Town-3 Affectees Association staged a protest outside the Vice Chancellor’s office, demanding that the PU inquiry committee—formed on the directives of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore—finalize and release its findings at the earliest.
Earlier, the Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) had also voiced concerns, demanding an immediate audit of PU Town-3 accounts and swift allotment of plots to affectees. PUASA President Prof. Dr. Amjad Abbas Magsi criticized the committee for withholding details of billions collected from PU teachers and employees, as well as for failing to account for the expenditure on land acquisition.
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Prof Magsi further alleged that profits from members’ funds were not being distributed and condemned the transfer of land to a private housing society without taking the association into confidence. He stressed that even after nearly a decade, university teachers and employees were still deprived of their promised plots. He reaffirmed PUASA’s support for the victims of Town-3, declaring that the association “stands firmly with the affectees in this difficult time.”